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"More proof - it's not freedom of religion, but freedom from religion that the Left wants.
"And what's wrong with that? I have my religion, I do not want, nor should I endure someone forcing theirs upon me. If I were Atheist, I would be just as upset of someone shoving a bible down my throat, as you would be if you were required to denounce your God. For example, would you be offended if you were required to vote at a Satanic cathedral?"

Your use of the terminology being "forced" into a religion, having a Bible "shoved" down one's throat, is obviously figurative language, to describe efforts of some at persuading you. By your take: the democrats have been forcing me to be a democrat all these years--constantly hammering me with their unwanted propaganda. The athiests at my public university were shoving anti-religious pap down my throat at every opportunity. Coercion pure and simple. It must be stoppped! --- The only word for such nonsense is nonsense. Free speech is not the equivalent of coercing anybody to do anything. Of course, for several years now free speech has only been deemed legitimage for the left, for liberals, and for anti-religion. I hardly expected to read such imbecility on Free Republic.

Your use of the terminology being "forced" into a religion, having a Bible "shoved" down one's throat, is obviously figurative language, to describe efforts of some at persuading you.

If I wish to vote, I must go to the polling place. That's pretty much a mandate. If a church generously volunteers to allow part of it's property to be used as a voter area, it has an obligation to remove any religous or political posters; just as any other polling place would. No more, no less. If the church feels that removing posters, leaflets, or refraining from pushing their religion upon the voters is just too much to ask; the church should not volunteer their services.

For example, the Mormon church has volunteered the use of their church for local voting. During this time, the public is granted access to their community room / gym and the bathrooms for the voting process. They place coat racks across the halls, thus restricting public access to only the voting areas. This is as it should be.

By your take: the democrats have been forcing me to be a democrat all these years--constantly hammering me with their unwanted propaganda.

But they are NOT doing that at a polling place. This is mandated by Federal Law. What the Dems do outside of the voting place is simply freedom of speech. That's the difference.

They next will be objecting to the fact that churches are in plain site on the roads and that they have to drive by them and see those crosses on top of the steeple. They will say that if we were really loving we would build these our churches somewhere where they don't have to drive by the. They might also consider designating a few certain states and having also Bible believing Christians moving to these so they won't be seen as to offend the others. They could possibly find certain hours that we are allowed to leave our house for errands and shopping so they don't have the misfortune of bumping into us in the stores. For goodness sake we smile at them say Hi and they might melt like the wicked witch of the west in the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy gets out her bucket of water.